Toni Morrison: farewell to America's greatest writer – we all owe her so much | Chigozie Obioma

Booker nominated author Chigozie Obioma reflects on losing a 'literary mother' and her encouragement for generations of black and African writers to come

• 'Rest, Toni Morrison. You were magnificent': leading writers on the great American author

It was with a heavy heart that I woke up, like many, to the news of the passing of the great African American writer Toni Morrison. As I have mourned and digested the news, my reaction has slowly gone from shock to dismay, then to a sense of inchoate peace.

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